Savings clock



Patented Jan. 10, 1928.

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AppucatidnmealFebruary a4, 1927,- serial No. l-'zosaana in Germany my c', 1926.

-My invention relates to savings :clocks of that type in which the -inserted'coin isintercepted by a disc whichp'rojectslin a lateral recess of the coin channel and which', as it rotates slowly', allows the gcoinvto slide down slowly, wherein-the lat-ter', so long as it re.

mains n the channel,I -holdsialeverv acting upon vthe locking -niechanism of the 4cflockmovement inl the releasingfposition a11d,=as soon as it falls dut, allows' the lever toenter the'locking-position, il? aJ second coin be not inserted.' rIn lknown clocksofethis .type lthe intersecting disc.l is f provided with recessesadapted totle circular f'form'ofsthec'oin for the receptionsofathenlatter iIn this. con`v struction i-ty sometimes happensnparticlilarly if the :coin: be stronglyimillemrthatf the; samebecomes clamped l between! the ffinterceptlg disc and'th lockinglver and thus stops the intercepting disc and therefore the whole movement.

In order to avoid this, I provide in co1nbination with the intercepting disc a second spring operated intercepting member, for example 1n the form of a lever, which likewise projects in the recess of the channel; this member is at rst held by the disc in the intercepting position in which the coin lies with only one point of its periphery upon this member, but after the disc has rotated a certain distance the member engages under the spring action in one of the recesses in the disc formed at a deeper angle and releases the coin, whereby the latter likewise comes to lie with only one point of its periphery on the edge of one of the arms formed on the disc by means of recesses, where it remains until this edge in the rotation of the disc moves sufficiently far downwards to allow the coin to drop` while the member is moved back by the next arm of the disc into the intercepting position for receiving a further coin.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 shows the mechanism of a savings clock constructed according to my invention with the locking lever in the releasing position, and Fig. 2 shows the coin channel with the two intercepting members in a different position.

To the rear of the coin channel a there is fixed a pin b on which is pivotally mounted the lockinglever c, d. The curved and forwardly bent part e of the lever arm c projects in a lateral recess f of the channel a. The laterally projecting part g of the lever airmd'actsupon the-locking-device of .the clock movement. 'This device is formed by an oscillatingfmember h having a resilient hook and-being-mounted upon the carrier, al. of the channel a. If there be no coin in the channel, the lever c, d allows the oscillating:member.'II .to take underfthe action of, asprin'g issue-haa. position that the hook vl projects intofthef-,pathfof a pin lml xed to the clock balance Z, and thus stops the latter. l-f a-coin-m, be` insertedyit ,slpsbetween the lever apart e-= ;andy the-r oppositely disposed wallt of` the, 'channel' a and thereby* brings the leiveiwcafcl into thereleasi'ng position-.indi- Qctcd inn-thediaW-xgy which the. vsame holdsZ fthle :oscillating member, 71, in such a position that the;\liook1;?allows; theQb'alance Zito swihg'gfreely.. `'Ilm-device whichE-intercjepts Ithe inserted coin. n and holds it in the channel a for a space of time corresponding to its value consists of a circular disc 0 having four substantially rectangular recesses forming four arms at right angles to each other, which disc is fixed to a toothed wheel p that is rotated slowly by a. pinion g of the clock movement in the direction indicated by the arrow, and projects in a recess r provided in the channel a opposite to the recess f; furthermore the arm s of the lever s, t which is pivotally mounted at u on the front wall of the channel a has a rearwardly extending end which projects into the recess r and is continuously pressed against one of the arms of the disc -0 by a spring 'v attached to the arm t.

When the parts are in the position indicated in Fig. 1, the inserted coin n; lies with a point of its periphery upon the end of the lever arm s. After the disc o has rotated a certain distance, the lever s, t falls under the action of the spring /v with the end of its arm s into the next recess of the disc, which causes the coin n to slip olf from this end of the lever and to lie also with a point of its periphery on the corner offone of the arms on the disc as shown in Fig. 2. The coin remains disposed upon this corner until the disc has turned through an angle of 90, that is to say until it has again reached the position indicated in Fig. 1, but with the next arm engaged in the recess r, and its corner referred to has moved downwardly such a distance that the coin may drop. The lever s, t has in the meantime been reversed by this arm of the disc o into the-'position indicated in 'Figi 1,V so 'thatif a `further 'coin be in the channel a the lever can intercept it, v If. there be no further coin in the channel the locking lever `cf, dswrii'lgs, back, as the first coin n drops,"aiid"with it also the oscillating member k, the hook z' again arresting run, a slowly rotating disc for intercepting a coin insaidchannelf said disc having an# guiar recesses and arms -formedthereby, and a second spring operated member for intercepting a coin, said disc and' said member projecting into lateral recesses in said channel,- said member; at first being heldflby'rone of said arms on saiddisc in position to intercept a coin in s'aid'channeLjbut after said dise has rotated 'a certain distance being moved by its springint'o one of said recesses on said disc to 'permitl-the coin to be released and to be ,intercepted by (')nef'ofjfthe'`y arms on said disc, saidmember-on urther"rot a prevent the clock from running, means actuated by the weight of a coin for moving the first mentioned means to permit the clock 5to rum-'a slowly rota-ting disc forintercepting a coin in said channel, said disc projectingvfintoa'lateral recess in said channel and having-'angular recessesl and arms formed thereby.- anda .spring'operated lever for interceptin'g a coin, sa-id lever being pivotally mounted-on said channel-and having an end projecting into a second lateral -recess in said channel and slidingon the peripheryof said disc;- said leverat rst being held by one of said' arms on said disc in positionl to intercept'a coin'in said channel,v butl after said disc has vrotated a` certaindistance being moved by its springv intdone of said recesses on said'rdi'sc to permitfthe coin'tobe released and to bei'nt'erceptc'd 'byzone of'the arms on said disc; said leverbn-flfurther rotation of said'dis'cbeing moved back by; the next succeeding arm -int'oi'ntercpting position.

'f g .Inf testimony whereof '1i affix 'my signatn re; 

